1 00:01:51,553 --> 00:01:55,636 Looks just like a patchwork quilt, doesn't it? 2 00:01:59,511 --> 00:02:01,427 No! 3 00:02:01,428 --> 00:02:03,552 Well, it does to me. 4 00:02:03,553 --> 00:02:05,844 It does to everybody else. 5 00:02:05,845 --> 00:02:08,762 Not to Poirot. 6 00:02:14,095 --> 00:02:19,594 I suppose you don't think that looks like a mass of cotton wool? 7 00:02:19,595 --> 00:02:21,887 No! 8 00:02:25,762 --> 00:02:29,720 I don't think you've got any imagination at all. 9 00:02:29,721 --> 00:02:34,220 That is true, mon ami. But you have enough for both of us. 10 00:02:34,221 --> 00:02:36,554 It is extremely valuable to me. 11 00:03:39,056 --> 00:03:41,098 Good morning, sir. 12 00:03:42,181 --> 00:03:44,223 Good morning. 13 00:03:51,307 --> 00:03:54,639 Ah, c'est magnifique! 14 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,557 Just the place for a restful vacation. 15 00:03:58,723 --> 00:04:01,265 The food will be inedible! 16 00:04:08,015 --> 00:04:10,431 What do you think, Poirot? 17 00:04:10,432 --> 00:04:13,723 Down to the beach this afternoon or a round of golf? 18 00:04:13,724 --> 00:04:17,099 The tennis court's pretty good, I understand. 19 00:04:29,808 --> 00:04:31,850 Waiter! 20 00:04:41,016 --> 00:04:44,141 - Still no news of Captain Seton. - Comment? 21 00:04:44,142 --> 00:04:47,432 - The round-the-world flight. - Ah. 22 00:04:47,433 --> 00:04:51,891 They haven't given up hope yet, though, apparently. 23 00:04:51,892 --> 00:04:54,933 He may have made it to one of the Pacific islands. 24 00:04:54,934 --> 00:04:56,849 Cannibals. 25 00:04:56,850 --> 00:04:59,225 I say! 26 00:05:00,892 --> 00:05:04,808 Makes you proud to be an Englishman, though. 27 00:05:04,809 --> 00:05:09,308 - Oh, I'm sorry. - Do not be sorry, Hastings. 28 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:13,601 It is not a tragedy for me that I was born the wrong side of the Channel. 29 00:05:16,976 --> 00:05:19,350 Oh! This is intolerable! 30 00:05:19,351 --> 00:05:21,851 I'm going to find a waiter! 31 00:05:25,185 --> 00:05:27,226 Ah, mon Dieu! 32 00:05:30,601 --> 00:05:32,643 Garcon! 33 00:05:37,643 --> 00:05:39,309 Waiter! 34 00:05:39,310 --> 00:05:41,185 Ow! 35 00:05:47,394 --> 00:05:49,310 Are you all right? 36 00:05:52,602 --> 00:05:54,102 I say! 37 00:05:55,227 --> 00:06:00,185 Do not perturb yourself. The turned ankle, that is all. 38 00:06:00,186 --> 00:06:01,935 I wish you'd let it be seen to. 39 00:06:01,936 --> 00:06:07,894 In the pleasure of your company, Mademoiselle, the pain, it passes. 40 00:06:10,019 --> 00:06:12,227 Pardon. This is Captain Hastings. 41 00:06:12,228 --> 00:06:17,352 Hastings, the house over there, on the point, belongs to Mlle Buckley. 42 00:06:17,353 --> 00:06:19,602 - Really? - It's called "End House". 43 00:06:19,603 --> 00:06:22,144 I love it but it's going to rack and ruin. 44 00:06:22,145 --> 00:06:25,185 Oh, that is sad. 45 00:06:25,186 --> 00:06:28,227 It's big. Do you live there all by yourself? 46 00:06:28,228 --> 00:06:33,895 I'm away a lot. When I'm at home, a rowdy crowd usually comes and goes. 47 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:38,269 I was imagining you were in a dark, mysterious mansion 48 00:06:38,270 --> 00:06:40,186 haunted by a family curse. 49 00:06:40,187 --> 00:06:43,353 Then the ghost must be sent to protect me. 50 00:06:43,354 --> 00:06:47,728 I've had three escapes from certain death in the last three days. 51 00:06:47,729 --> 00:06:50,228 Escapes from death? 52 00:06:50,229 --> 00:06:52,187 Well, just accidents, you know. 53 00:06:53,771 --> 00:06:58,646 Curse these bees! I hate the way they come right past your face. 54 00:07:03,229 --> 00:07:04,937 Nick! Nick! 55 00:07:04,938 --> 00:07:07,479 Here, George! Here I am! 56 00:07:10,729 --> 00:07:13,853 Come on, girl, Freddie's frantic for a drink. 57 00:07:13,855 --> 00:07:15,645 Hello. 58 00:07:15,646 --> 00:07:18,895 This is Commander Challenger. He's in the Navy. 59 00:07:18,896 --> 00:07:21,770 I have a great regard for the Royal Navy. 60 00:07:21,771 --> 00:07:25,104 Oh, well done. Well done. 61 00:07:25,105 --> 00:07:29,272 George, don't get overexcited. Let's find Freddie and Jim. 62 00:07:35,939 --> 00:07:40,063 I hope the ankle will be all right. 63 00:07:40,064 --> 00:07:42,021 Merci. 64 00:07:42,022 --> 00:07:44,355 Nice girl. 65 00:08:11,438 --> 00:08:15,230 Is Commander Challenger what you call "the good chap", yes? 66 00:08:15,231 --> 00:08:18,398 Oh, absolutely. Oh, good dive! 67 00:08:20,523 --> 00:08:23,731 Has he "the tendresse" for her? 68 00:08:23,732 --> 00:08:26,064 What do you think, Hastings? 69 00:08:26,065 --> 00:08:28,564 My dear Poirot, how should I know? 70 00:08:28,565 --> 00:08:31,564 That's Miss Buckley's hat, isn't it? 71 00:08:31,565 --> 00:08:34,314 Yes. We're returning it to "End House". 72 00:08:34,315 --> 00:08:38,398 Thus we shall have the opportunity to see again the charming Mlle Nick. 73 00:08:38,399 --> 00:08:41,273 I do believe you've fallen for her! 74 00:08:41,274 --> 00:08:45,398 No, no, no. You are under a misapprehension, mon ami. 75 00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:50,731 The young lady is very charming but I am more interested in her hat. 76 00:08:50,733 --> 00:08:53,733 I don't see why you'd be interested in her hat. 77 00:08:56,108 --> 00:08:58,273 - There's a hole in it! - Yes, indeed. 78 00:08:58,274 --> 00:09:00,690 Did you do that? 79 00:09:00,691 --> 00:09:05,607 Hastings, did you notice how Mlle Nick flinched as a bee flew past? 80 00:09:05,608 --> 00:09:09,525 A bee in the bonnet, a hole in the hat? 81 00:09:11,066 --> 00:09:13,692 A bee couldn't make a hole like this. 82 00:09:15,150 --> 00:09:17,732 But a bullet could, my friend. 83 00:09:17,733 --> 00:09:19,900 A bullet like this. 84 00:09:22,150 --> 00:09:27,941 Mlle Nick has three escapes from death in as many days, now, a fourth? 85 00:09:27,942 --> 00:09:30,524 These are not mere accidents, mon ami. 86 00:09:30,525 --> 00:09:32,941 You'd have to be a mad man 87 00:09:32,942 --> 00:09:36,775 to try and shoot someone in a hotel garden in broad daylight. 88 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:38,151 Ah! 89 00:09:43,776 --> 00:09:45,818 Thank you. 90 00:09:57,235 --> 00:09:59,317 G'day. 91 00:09:59,318 --> 00:10:02,276 - Morning. - Good day. 92 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:15,068 Quite impressive. Looks as if it could do with some work. 93 00:10:16,402 --> 00:10:17,944 I say! 94 00:10:36,111 --> 00:10:37,986 Yes? 95 00:10:39,111 --> 00:10:41,278 ♪ Isle Of Capri ♪ 96 00:10:42,653 --> 00:10:47,902 It's not exactly courteous, Lazarus, to ignore us like this. 97 00:10:47,903 --> 00:10:52,777 Jim is far too good a dancer to be a gentleman, aren't you? 98 00:10:52,778 --> 00:10:58,945 Hope so, Freddie. An awful waste of an expensive education, otherwise. 99 00:11:04,778 --> 00:11:07,902 There are some men to see you, Miss. 100 00:11:07,903 --> 00:11:10,027 Oh! Hello again. 101 00:11:10,029 --> 00:11:13,944 Pardon, Mademoiselle. Commander. 102 00:11:13,945 --> 00:11:17,194 We have come to return your hat. 103 00:11:17,195 --> 00:11:20,111 I wondered what had happened to it. 104 00:11:20,112 --> 00:11:22,862 This is for you, George. 105 00:11:27,071 --> 00:11:32,320 ♪ Red sails in the sunset ♪ 106 00:11:32,321 --> 00:11:35,403 ♪ Way out on the sea... ♪ 107 00:11:35,404 --> 00:11:39,153 There is a matter of the greatest urgency I must discuss with you. 108 00:11:39,154 --> 00:11:41,653 Don't say you're selling something. 109 00:11:41,654 --> 00:11:47,571 No! With that moustache and staying at the Majestic, it can't be. 110 00:11:52,696 --> 00:11:55,988 ♪ ..all day I've been through ♪ 111 00:11:56,697 --> 00:12:00,862 ♪ Red sails in the sunset ♪ 112 00:12:00,863 --> 00:12:04,989 ♪ I'm trusting in you ♪ 113 00:12:09,530 --> 00:12:12,655 Now, what's all the mystery? 114 00:12:16,531 --> 00:12:18,614 Mademoiselle... 115 00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:24,655 It was not a bee that flew past your face this morning. 116 00:12:24,656 --> 00:12:26,739 It was this. 117 00:12:29,031 --> 00:12:31,114 What is it? 118 00:12:32,156 --> 00:12:34,239 It is a bullet. 119 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:38,698 Well, I'm damned! 120 00:12:39,823 --> 00:12:42,490 ♪ Love Is The Sweetest Thing ♪ 121 00:13:09,824 --> 00:13:15,031 Miss Buckley helped my friend when he twisted his ankle this morning. 122 00:13:15,032 --> 00:13:17,491 Ah, yes. So Nick said. 123 00:13:18,616 --> 00:13:21,532 I am glad she didn't invent it all. 124 00:13:21,533 --> 00:13:28,115 She's the most brazen liar that ever existed. Oh, it's quite a gift. 125 00:13:28,116 --> 00:13:33,532 She had a marvellous story the other day about her car brakes failing. 126 00:13:33,533 --> 00:13:38,408 All nonsense, Jim says. Jim knows about cars. 127 00:13:40,658 --> 00:13:43,782 Is that your Chevrolet Phantom outside? 128 00:13:43,783 --> 00:13:46,367 Yes. Pretty, isn't she? 129 00:13:51,742 --> 00:13:55,741 I say, there's two watches on the table exactly the same! 130 00:13:55,742 --> 00:13:58,325 Oh, we've all got one of those. 131 00:14:01,075 --> 00:14:03,534 Don't touch, old boy. 132 00:14:12,993 --> 00:14:15,950 Keep good time, do they? 133 00:14:15,951 --> 00:14:18,867 They keep the best time in the world! 134 00:14:18,868 --> 00:14:21,742 ♪ Who's Been Polishing The Sun? ♪ 135 00:14:21,743 --> 00:14:25,742 - Oh, I can't dance to that! - Of course you can, Freddie. 136 00:14:25,743 --> 00:14:29,492 ♪ They must have known just how I like it ♪ 137 00:14:29,493 --> 00:14:32,200 ♪ Cos everything's coming my way ♪ 138 00:14:32,201 --> 00:14:37,076 ♪ Who's been teaching all the birds how to sing a roundelay? ♪ 139 00:14:37,077 --> 00:14:39,992 ♪ They must have known just how I like it ♪ 140 00:14:39,993 --> 00:14:42,410 ♪ Cos everything's coming my way ♪ 141 00:14:45,869 --> 00:14:49,118 The first accident was that picture. 142 00:14:49,119 --> 00:14:53,576 The painter might have said that when he'd finished it. 143 00:14:53,577 --> 00:14:57,868 Anyway, it came down crash in the middle of the night. 144 00:14:57,869 --> 00:15:04,201 Luckily, I've been sleeping badly and I'd got up to make some tea. 145 00:15:04,202 --> 00:15:06,702 Otherwise it might've bashed my head in. 146 00:15:09,744 --> 00:15:11,952 And the other accidents? 147 00:15:11,953 --> 00:15:17,160 The brakes on my car went as I was going down the hill to St Looe 148 00:15:17,161 --> 00:15:21,410 and the next day a boulder detached itself from the cliff 149 00:15:21,411 --> 00:15:24,744 at the end of the garden while I was on the rocks underneath. 150 00:15:24,745 --> 00:15:29,827 It's jolly nice of you and all that, but why are you so interested? 151 00:15:29,828 --> 00:15:35,119 You do not understand? You are in grave danger. 152 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,452 - Oh, come off it! - Oh, no, no. I tell it to you, I. 153 00:15:38,453 --> 00:15:40,370 You do know who I am? 154 00:15:42,745 --> 00:15:44,744 No. I don't. 155 00:15:44,745 --> 00:15:48,954 Ah, I forget. You are but a child, eh? 156 00:15:50,246 --> 00:15:53,453 Alors, my friend Captain Hastings will tell it to you. 157 00:15:53,454 --> 00:15:57,370 Monsieur Poirot is a detective. 158 00:15:57,371 --> 00:15:58,371 Oh. 159 00:15:59,912 --> 00:16:03,038 Erm, a great detective. 160 00:16:04,871 --> 00:16:07,037 My friend, is that all you can say? 161 00:16:07,038 --> 00:16:10,620 Mais dis donc, say then that I am "the detective unique". 162 00:16:10,621 --> 00:16:13,787 Unsurpassed. The greatest that ever lived. 163 00:16:13,788 --> 00:16:18,787 There doesn't seem much point now. You've told her yourself. 164 00:16:18,788 --> 00:16:22,163 Ah, yes, but it is more agreeable to preserve the modesty. 165 00:16:28,622 --> 00:16:31,996 Seriously, these were just accidents. 166 00:16:31,997 --> 00:16:36,829 - You are as obstinate as the devil. - Clever. That's where I got my name. 167 00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:41,079 My grandfather was supposed to have sold his soul to the devil. 168 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:46,246 I lived here with him, so they called us Old Nick and Young Nick. 169 00:16:46,247 --> 00:16:50,455 - My real name is Magdala. - That's unusual. 170 00:16:50,456 --> 00:16:52,788 Yes, it's a family name. 171 00:16:52,789 --> 00:16:55,956 There's been a lot of Magdalas in the family. 172 00:16:59,664 --> 00:17:03,622 That's it. That's where I was standing. 173 00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:06,622 And the boulder only just missed you? 174 00:17:06,623 --> 00:17:09,580 Could someone have pushed it from above? 175 00:17:09,581 --> 00:17:13,040 No. I tell you, it was just another accident. 176 00:17:14,915 --> 00:17:17,497 Do you have any enemies, Mademoiselle? 177 00:17:17,498 --> 00:17:20,915 I'm afraid I don't. No. Sorry. 178 00:17:22,415 --> 00:17:25,539 Is there anyone who would profit by your death? 179 00:17:25,540 --> 00:17:28,414 No. That's why it seems such nonsense. 180 00:17:28,415 --> 00:17:32,664 There's only the house, but it's mortgaged and the roof leaks. 181 00:17:32,665 --> 00:17:36,831 There's one usable bedroom. My friends stay at the Majestic. 182 00:17:36,832 --> 00:17:40,956 Who is your nearest relation? My cousin, Charles Vyse. 183 00:17:40,957 --> 00:17:46,331 He's a lawyer. He gives good advice. Tries to restrain my extravagances. 184 00:17:46,332 --> 00:17:50,373 He arranged the mortgage and made me let the lodge. 185 00:17:50,374 --> 00:17:52,290 We saw someone gardening. 186 00:17:52,291 --> 00:17:57,040 Mr Croft. Australian. Hearty, and that sort of thing. 187 00:17:57,041 --> 00:18:01,540 Terribly kind, but Mrs Croft's a cripple, poor dear. 188 00:18:01,541 --> 00:18:03,832 Have you ever made a will? 189 00:18:03,833 --> 00:18:09,124 Yes. About six months ago. The day before my op for appendicitis. 190 00:18:09,125 --> 00:18:11,750 And what were the terms? 191 00:18:13,167 --> 00:18:15,332 I left "End House" to Charles. 192 00:18:15,333 --> 00:18:19,874 I hadn't much else left, but what there was I left to Freddie. 193 00:18:19,875 --> 00:18:22,541 Tell me about your friends. 194 00:18:22,542 --> 00:18:26,041 Freddie Rice is my greatest friend. 195 00:18:26,042 --> 00:18:30,749 She left her husband a year or two ago. He won't give her a divorce. 196 00:18:30,750 --> 00:18:35,666 And Commander Challenger? He wishes you to marry him? 197 00:18:35,667 --> 00:18:39,708 He mentions it now and again, after the second glass of port. 198 00:18:39,709 --> 00:18:42,166 And you remain hardhearted? 199 00:18:42,167 --> 00:18:47,375 What'd be the use of George and I marrying? Neither of us has a bean. 200 00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:51,417 Eh bien! Apart from Madame Rice, 201 00:18:51,418 --> 00:18:55,792 is there any other friend you can trust, Mademoiselle? 202 00:18:55,793 --> 00:18:59,667 - There's Maggie, I suppose. - Who is Maggie? 203 00:18:59,668 --> 00:19:02,500 A distant cousin. Lives in Yorkshire. 204 00:19:02,501 --> 00:19:06,667 I have her to stay in the summer. She's no fun, though. 205 00:19:06,668 --> 00:19:11,001 The person ideal! Telegraph her to come tomorrow. 206 00:19:11,002 --> 00:19:12,126 Oh! Ah-ah! 207 00:19:12,127 --> 00:19:17,293 Jim Lazarus, Mrs Rice's friend, is he to do with Lazarus Art Galleries? 208 00:19:17,294 --> 00:19:19,834 That's the chap. I was in there the other day. 209 00:19:19,835 --> 00:19:23,126 The Lagonda overheated just outside, so - 210 00:19:23,127 --> 00:19:28,751 This morning somebody shot at Mlle Buckley with a Mauser pistol. 211 00:19:28,752 --> 00:19:30,418 A Mauser? 212 00:19:30,419 --> 00:19:34,126 - Do you know anyone who has a Mauser? - Yes. I have. 213 00:19:34,127 --> 00:19:37,294 It was Dad's. He brought it back from the war. 214 00:19:46,294 --> 00:19:48,336 It's gone. 215 00:19:55,670 --> 00:20:00,752 Mrs Rice says that Miss Buckley's accident in her car was all my eye. 216 00:20:00,753 --> 00:20:03,586 She says Miss Buckley's a terrific liar. 217 00:20:03,587 --> 00:20:06,878 Really? That is most interesting, Hastings. 218 00:20:09,587 --> 00:20:13,503 It is interesting for itself 219 00:20:13,504 --> 00:20:16,461 and interesting that Madame Rice said it. 220 00:20:16,462 --> 00:20:20,378 But why should she say it, even if it were true? 221 00:20:20,379 --> 00:20:23,836 Ah, these little curious things. 222 00:20:23,837 --> 00:20:27,295 I like to see them appear. They point the way. 223 00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:34,254 Ah, that's a baby! There's a darling! 224 00:20:37,129 --> 00:20:40,587 This is all very well, but what we're trying to do is impossible. 225 00:20:40,588 --> 00:20:44,129 We're trying to detect a murderer before he's committed the crime. 226 00:20:44,130 --> 00:20:45,962 Well said, Hastings. 227 00:20:45,963 --> 00:20:50,004 I don't know where to start. I don't like the look of her friends much. 228 00:20:50,005 --> 00:20:54,129 Except Commander Challenger, obviously a pukka sahib. 229 00:20:54,130 --> 00:20:59,254 Hastings, you have the most extraordinary effect on me. 230 00:20:59,255 --> 00:21:01,046 - Really? - Yes. 231 00:21:01,047 --> 00:21:04,338 You have so strongly the flair in the wrong direction 232 00:21:04,339 --> 00:21:07,047 that I am almost tempted to doubt the Commander. 233 00:21:51,590 --> 00:21:53,548 Who's there? 234 00:21:54,715 --> 00:21:56,881 It is I, Poirot. 235 00:21:58,090 --> 00:22:01,089 The office isn't open. 236 00:22:01,090 --> 00:22:04,714 I pushed the door downstairs. It was not locked. 237 00:22:04,715 --> 00:22:06,631 You are Monsieur Vyse? 238 00:22:06,632 --> 00:22:08,465 Yes. 239 00:22:08,466 --> 00:22:11,298 It is very good of you to see me at the weekend. 240 00:22:11,299 --> 00:22:13,423 Hercule Poirot. 241 00:22:13,424 --> 00:22:15,382 Boirot? 242 00:22:17,216 --> 00:22:19,258 Poirot! 243 00:22:20,341 --> 00:22:22,799 (What kind of place is this?) 244 00:22:25,674 --> 00:22:27,632 Tell me, Monsieur Vyse, 245 00:22:27,633 --> 00:22:29,757 if I may ask... 246 00:22:29,758 --> 00:22:34,299 and I have said nothing about this to your cousin Mlle Buckley, 247 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:40,340 you understand, is there any chance of "End House" being on the market? 248 00:22:40,342 --> 00:22:42,299 Oh, no. 249 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:44,924 Miss Buckley is devoted to the place. 250 00:22:44,925 --> 00:22:48,425 Nothing would induce her to sell "End House". 251 00:22:49,633 --> 00:22:52,591 But I do not ask idly. Er... 252 00:22:52,592 --> 00:22:56,675 I myself am in search of just such a property. 253 00:22:57,884 --> 00:23:02,383 It's out of the question. She's fanatically devoted to the house. 254 00:23:02,384 --> 00:23:03,676 Ah. 255 00:23:08,176 --> 00:23:11,051 Try A Little Tenderness 256 00:23:28,343 --> 00:23:34,009 Why should Vyse say Mlle Buckley had a fanatical devotion to the house? 257 00:23:34,010 --> 00:23:37,842 Did it seem like that to you, Hastings? 258 00:23:37,843 --> 00:23:40,926 - No. - No. 259 00:23:40,927 --> 00:23:43,093 Nor to me. 260 00:23:53,177 --> 00:23:55,552 What did the garage say? 261 00:23:56,719 --> 00:24:00,885 Whatever I tell you, you'll believe the opposite. 262 00:24:00,886 --> 00:24:03,594 Oh, come now, Hastings! 263 00:24:06,219 --> 00:24:08,385 Oh, very well, then. 264 00:24:08,386 --> 00:24:12,969 The garage said the brake drum valve had definitely been loosened. 265 00:24:14,094 --> 00:24:15,927 Truly? 266 00:24:15,928 --> 00:24:20,344 Then why did Madame Rice say that the car accident 267 00:24:20,345 --> 00:24:23,095 was all an invention by Mlle Buckley? 268 00:24:34,595 --> 00:24:36,637 Permit? 269 00:24:45,845 --> 00:24:49,719 Madame, I do not know if your friend has told you, 270 00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:52,637 but today her life has been attempted. 271 00:24:53,721 --> 00:24:55,470 What do you mean? 272 00:24:55,471 --> 00:24:59,678 Mlle Buckley was shot at in the gardens of this hotel. 273 00:24:59,679 --> 00:25:01,887 Did Nick tell you that? 274 00:25:01,888 --> 00:25:05,720 It is no fantasy of Mademoiselle's imagination. 275 00:25:05,721 --> 00:25:10,096 I happened to see it with my own eyes. Here is the bullet. 276 00:25:13,055 --> 00:25:17,179 Madame, several curious accidents 277 00:25:17,180 --> 00:25:20,012 have occurred during the last few days. 278 00:25:20,013 --> 00:25:23,554 - Ah, but you arrived here only...? - Er, yesterday. 279 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:28,179 - Before that, you were in London? - No. With friends in Tavistock. 280 00:25:28,180 --> 00:25:32,179 Ah! What were the names of your friends with whom you were staying? 281 00:25:32,180 --> 00:25:35,846 Is there any reason why I should tell you that? 282 00:25:35,847 --> 00:25:39,679 No, no. Mille pardons. I was most maladroit. 283 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,554 I have friends in Tavistock. You might have met them. 284 00:25:43,556 --> 00:25:45,513 Their name is Buchanan. 285 00:25:45,514 --> 00:25:46,930 No. 286 00:25:46,931 --> 00:25:49,180 But go on about Nick. 287 00:25:49,181 --> 00:25:51,930 Who shot at her? And why? 288 00:25:51,931 --> 00:25:54,430 As yet, we do not know. 289 00:25:54,431 --> 00:25:58,722 But I shall find out. I am, you know, a detective. 290 00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:00,473 Oh. 291 00:26:02,848 --> 00:26:04,723 What do you want me to do? 292 00:26:05,890 --> 00:26:07,931 Watch over your friend. 293 00:26:11,223 --> 00:26:13,265 Excuse me. 294 00:26:45,849 --> 00:26:47,891 It's open. 295 00:26:52,891 --> 00:26:55,391 There must be somebody here. 296 00:26:57,058 --> 00:26:59,100 Hello? 297 00:27:06,141 --> 00:27:09,807 If they leave the house open all the time, 298 00:27:09,808 --> 00:27:12,849 I'm surprised they haven't all been murdered. 299 00:27:12,850 --> 00:27:18,475 Come out slowly with your hands above your head. 300 00:27:19,517 --> 00:27:21,975 Ah, Monsieur Croft. 301 00:27:27,892 --> 00:27:30,016 Stay where y'are. 302 00:27:30,017 --> 00:27:32,101 No, no, no, my friend. 303 00:27:33,184 --> 00:27:35,226 I am Hercule Poirot. 304 00:27:42,893 --> 00:27:46,018 Coo-ee! Coo-ee! 305 00:27:50,143 --> 00:27:53,184 Who do you think this is, Mrs C? 306 00:27:53,185 --> 00:27:59,475 The extra-special, world-celebrated detective, Mr Hercule Poirot. 307 00:27:59,476 --> 00:28:03,184 I brought him along to have a chat with you. 308 00:28:03,185 --> 00:28:06,309 Isn't this too exciting for words? 309 00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:08,017 Enchante, Madame. 310 00:28:08,018 --> 00:28:10,767 And Captain Hastings, his associate. 311 00:28:10,768 --> 00:28:13,392 I've read about you, too, Captain. 312 00:28:13,394 --> 00:28:15,309 Oh! Right. 313 00:28:15,310 --> 00:28:17,476 They're friends of Miss Buckley. 314 00:28:17,477 --> 00:28:21,351 Isn't that nice? What a dear child she is. 315 00:28:21,352 --> 00:28:24,643 Not very well liked in this neighbourhood, I've heard, 316 00:28:24,644 --> 00:28:28,061 but isn't that just the way in these stuck-up English places? 317 00:28:29,602 --> 00:28:32,726 Her beady-eyed cousin has no more chance 318 00:28:32,727 --> 00:28:36,435 of persuading her to settle down here than fly. 319 00:28:36,436 --> 00:28:40,643 Ah! So Mr Charles Vyse is in love with our little friend? 320 00:28:40,644 --> 00:28:43,018 He's silly about her but she won't - 321 00:28:43,019 --> 00:28:45,060 Don't gossip, Milly. 322 00:28:45,061 --> 00:28:48,686 I have my reasons for being interested in that girl. 323 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:55,061 I wonder, Mr Poirot, if you'd care to see some snapshots of Australia? 324 00:28:56,270 --> 00:28:58,270 - Well, er... - Good. 325 00:29:03,478 --> 00:29:07,852 The inventor of the camera has a lot to answer for. 326 00:29:07,854 --> 00:29:11,019 Nice people. Typical Australians. 327 00:29:11,020 --> 00:29:13,062 Hm... 328 00:29:14,145 --> 00:29:16,269 I do not know. 329 00:29:16,270 --> 00:29:18,812 That cry of "Coo-ee!" 330 00:29:20,187 --> 00:29:23,811 The insistence on showing us 5,000 photographs? 331 00:29:23,812 --> 00:29:28,396 Were they not playing the part a little too thoroughly? 332 00:29:56,605 --> 00:29:59,730 Ah! That's Mademoiselle Nick! 333 00:30:09,064 --> 00:30:12,439 See you tonight, then, George. Righty-ho. 334 00:30:14,522 --> 00:30:16,480 Bonjour, Mademoiselle. 335 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:19,646 Hello, Monsieur Poirot, Captain Hastings. 336 00:30:19,647 --> 00:30:22,438 Is this your boat? How would I afford that? 337 00:30:22,439 --> 00:30:24,148 It's George's. 338 00:30:25,689 --> 00:30:28,188 I'm rushing to meet Maggie, 339 00:30:28,189 --> 00:30:32,522 the guardian you insisted I send for from darkest Yorkshire. 340 00:30:32,523 --> 00:30:35,605 Bon. I shall feel happier. 341 00:30:35,606 --> 00:30:39,647 But you're wrong about her. She's got no kind of brains. 342 00:30:39,648 --> 00:30:42,897 Good works is all she's fit for. 343 00:30:42,898 --> 00:30:45,772 That, and never seeing the point of jokes. 344 00:30:45,773 --> 00:30:48,106 But there is no joke here. 345 00:30:48,107 --> 00:30:51,106 Cheer up, Monsieur Poirot. 346 00:30:53,273 --> 00:30:57,982 Why don't you both come to dinner tonight and watch the fireworks? 347 00:31:05,565 --> 00:31:07,731 Tell me, Hastings, 348 00:31:07,732 --> 00:31:13,065 if Commander Challenger has not got a bean, as Mlle Nick has said, 349 00:31:13,066 --> 00:31:16,315 how can he afford such a ship? 350 00:31:16,316 --> 00:31:18,524 Oh, probably just er... 351 00:31:19,566 --> 00:31:21,649 Well, maybe it's... 352 00:31:22,691 --> 00:31:24,774 Maybe she meant... 353 00:31:25,816 --> 00:31:27,900 I don't know. 354 00:31:37,191 --> 00:31:39,275 Ellen! 355 00:31:45,608 --> 00:31:48,774 Oh, it's only you! 356 00:31:48,775 --> 00:31:52,024 Ah, Mademoiselle, I am desolated! 357 00:31:52,025 --> 00:31:54,233 Oh, I'm sorry. It did sound rude. 358 00:31:54,234 --> 00:31:55,900 Thank you. 359 00:31:56,984 --> 00:32:01,483 Did you call, Miss? It's all right. I answered it. 360 00:32:01,484 --> 00:32:04,400 They haven't delivered my dress to the back door? 361 00:32:04,401 --> 00:32:06,150 No, Miss. 362 00:32:06,151 --> 00:32:08,316 That's why I sounded rude. 363 00:32:08,317 --> 00:32:12,442 I thought you were my dress being delivered. They promised faithfully. 364 00:32:12,443 --> 00:32:14,567 Ah, here's Maggie. 365 00:32:14,568 --> 00:32:17,067 Maggie, here are the sleuths 366 00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:20,317 that are protecting me from the secret assassin. 367 00:32:20,318 --> 00:32:23,110 This is my cousin, Maggie Buckley. 368 00:32:28,735 --> 00:32:31,067 That's a marvellous shawl, Nick. 369 00:32:31,068 --> 00:32:34,901 Yes. It'll be warm when we're watching the fireworks. 370 00:32:34,902 --> 00:32:37,817 I've never seen you in a black dress. 371 00:32:37,818 --> 00:32:40,984 I thought you hated black. 372 00:32:40,985 --> 00:32:45,193 I do hate it. The cleaners didn't deliver the one I wanted. 373 00:32:47,152 --> 00:32:50,234 They shouldn't allow speedboats in the harbour! 374 00:32:50,235 --> 00:32:52,944 That's not a speedboat. It's a seaplane. 375 00:32:54,111 --> 00:32:58,318 I think these flying people are absolutely marvellous. 376 00:32:58,319 --> 00:33:02,318 - A pity about Michael Seton. - He may still be all right. 377 00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:04,818 Rather a mad family. 378 00:33:04,819 --> 00:33:10,443 The uncle of his, Sir Matthew Seton, he was barmy. Died a week ago. 379 00:33:10,444 --> 00:33:13,485 That millionaire who ran bird sanctuaries? 380 00:33:13,486 --> 00:33:18,110 Yes. A gal chucked him once. He took to gannets for consolation. 381 00:33:18,111 --> 00:33:22,110 I don't see any reason to assume Michael Seton's dead yet. 382 00:33:22,111 --> 00:33:24,319 You knew him, didn't you? I forgot. 383 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:28,611 We met him last year at Le Touquet. Wasn't he marvellous? 384 00:33:28,612 --> 00:33:32,528 Don't ask me, darling. He was your conquest, not mine. 385 00:33:33,653 --> 00:33:37,361 - Have you done any flying, Captain? - Well, actually - 386 00:33:37,362 --> 00:33:39,237 There's the telephone. 387 00:33:41,737 --> 00:33:44,611 Oh, don't wait for me. I don't eat dessert. 388 00:33:44,612 --> 00:33:49,071 All the extra guests will arrive for the fireworks soon, anyway. 389 00:34:18,113 --> 00:34:20,279 ♪ I Won't Dance ♪ 390 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:25,987 Too bad Mrs Croft can't be here. It's bad luck on poor old Mrs C. 391 00:34:25,988 --> 00:34:31,530 She never complains. You know, that woman's got the sweetest nature. 392 00:34:37,072 --> 00:34:39,946 Splendid view of the festivities, eh? 393 00:34:39,947 --> 00:34:41,989 Didn't you come last year? 394 00:34:44,614 --> 00:34:48,113 I say! Look at that! What a display! 395 00:34:48,114 --> 00:34:49,863 Beautiful. 396 00:34:49,864 --> 00:34:52,488 I think I'll run inside and get a coat. 397 00:34:52,489 --> 00:34:54,197 Oh, let me. 398 00:34:54,198 --> 00:34:56,989 You wouldn't know where to find it. 399 00:34:58,781 --> 00:35:02,114 Oh, Maggie, get mine, too. It's in my room. 400 00:35:03,490 --> 00:35:07,280 She didn't hear. I'll get it, Freddie. 401 00:35:07,281 --> 00:35:09,405 I want my fur. This cape isn't enough. 402 00:35:09,406 --> 00:35:11,156 Thank you, darling. 403 00:35:29,074 --> 00:35:33,031 It is monotonous, do you not find, Hastings? 404 00:35:33,032 --> 00:35:36,114 I like the different coloured ones. 405 00:35:36,116 --> 00:35:38,823 I feel the dampness of the feet. 406 00:35:38,824 --> 00:35:44,698 I shall watch the rest through a window, from the warmth of the house. 407 00:35:44,699 --> 00:35:48,283 I wouldn't mind putting something on myself. 408 00:35:57,825 --> 00:35:59,866 Poirot, look! 409 00:36:02,908 --> 00:36:04,949 It's Miss Buckley! 410 00:36:04,950 --> 00:36:06,575 Mon Dieu! 411 00:36:07,658 --> 00:36:09,992 Sorry I've been so long, Maggie... 412 00:36:18,575 --> 00:36:21,825 It's Maggie Buckley. She's been shot. 413 00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:46,325 How did your cousin come to wear your cape tonight? 414 00:36:46,326 --> 00:36:50,242 We came in to fetch our coats and... 415 00:36:50,243 --> 00:36:53,992 I just flung off the cape on the sofa there. 416 00:36:53,993 --> 00:36:57,326 I went upstairs and I was still in my room... 417 00:36:58,493 --> 00:37:02,284 ..when I heard Maggie call out that she couldn't find her coat. 418 00:37:02,285 --> 00:37:06,326 She said she'd take mine, if I didn't want it, 419 00:37:06,327 --> 00:37:09,826 and I said all right, I'd be out in a minute. 420 00:37:09,827 --> 00:37:11,827 And when I did... 421 00:37:13,119 --> 00:37:14,951 ..did come out... 422 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:22,077 Well, I, er, I won't ask any more questions tonight. 423 00:37:24,619 --> 00:37:29,868 I'm going to suggest, Miss Buckley, that you don't stay here. 424 00:37:29,869 --> 00:37:33,326 You've had a shock, you understand. 425 00:37:33,327 --> 00:37:35,743 What you need is complete rest. 426 00:37:35,744 --> 00:37:38,952 I know of an excellent nursing home. 427 00:37:38,953 --> 00:37:40,161 No. 428 00:37:43,036 --> 00:37:48,077 But we want you to feel safe, mon enfant. Do you understand? 429 00:37:48,078 --> 00:37:50,661 I understand, but you don't. 430 00:37:52,870 --> 00:37:56,160 I'm not afraid any longer. 431 00:37:56,162 --> 00:37:59,369 I've got nothing to live for now. 432 00:37:59,370 --> 00:38:03,202 If someone wants to murder me, they can. 433 00:38:03,203 --> 00:38:06,411 You can't say that, Miss Buckley, you mustn't. 434 00:38:06,412 --> 00:38:09,953 Mademoiselle, I have failed you. 435 00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:13,703 I, who promised you protection, have not been able to protect, 436 00:38:13,704 --> 00:38:17,453 but now I want to know that you are in safe hands, 437 00:38:17,454 --> 00:38:21,411 with people around you, day and night. 438 00:38:23,246 --> 00:38:25,246 What's going on? 439 00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:31,163 It's not Nick, is it? She's not dead? 440 00:38:32,996 --> 00:38:37,203 No. No, mon ami, she is alive. 441 00:38:37,204 --> 00:38:38,830 Nick! 442 00:38:40,121 --> 00:38:43,537 My darling, I thought you were dead. 443 00:38:43,538 --> 00:38:47,120 It's all right, George. Don't be an idiot. I'm quite safe. 444 00:38:47,121 --> 00:38:50,997 Then what's happened? The policeman said Miss Buckley was dead. 445 00:38:54,247 --> 00:38:58,413 The sooner you get to your bed, the better, Miss Buckley. 446 00:39:03,455 --> 00:39:05,497 I'm sorry, George. 447 00:39:09,455 --> 00:39:11,163 Er... 448 00:39:11,164 --> 00:39:14,039 It was Miss Maggie Buckley. 449 00:39:15,872 --> 00:39:17,914 Oh, my God! 450 00:39:18,997 --> 00:39:21,039 What a tragedy! 451 00:39:24,414 --> 00:39:28,705 "The Chancellor's statement has announced 452 00:39:28,706 --> 00:39:34,330 hope has been abandoned for the aeroplane pilot, Mr Michael Seton. 453 00:39:34,331 --> 00:39:37,789 Fishermen have salvaged wreckage 454 00:39:37,790 --> 00:39:40,497 believed to be parts of the Albatross, 455 00:39:40,498 --> 00:39:43,289 the seaplane built by Mr Seton 456 00:39:43,290 --> 00:39:46,623 for his attempt to fly round the world." 457 00:39:50,123 --> 00:39:52,622 No-one, Dr Graham. No-one. 458 00:39:52,623 --> 00:39:57,206 Not even Mademoiselle's dearest friend is to be allowed in. 459 00:39:57,207 --> 00:39:58,914 Oh, Monsieur Poirot! 460 00:39:58,915 --> 00:40:01,206 Not even the King of England. 461 00:40:01,207 --> 00:40:02,915 No-one. 462 00:40:04,291 --> 00:40:08,040 Except me, Captain Hastings and your good self. 463 00:40:08,041 --> 00:40:10,832 Mademoiselle, I wish you good night. 464 00:40:18,833 --> 00:40:20,874 Hastings. 465 00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:29,290 How is she? 466 00:40:29,291 --> 00:40:31,457 Safe. 467 00:40:31,458 --> 00:40:37,332 Could the police be right, Poirot? That this is the work of a lunatic? 468 00:40:37,333 --> 00:40:42,416 No. The murderer is someone in Mademoiselle's own circle. 469 00:40:42,417 --> 00:40:45,749 Do you think he realised he'd killed the wrong person? 470 00:40:45,750 --> 00:40:47,792 I am quite sure he did not. 471 00:40:48,917 --> 00:40:53,292 It must have been an unpleasant surprise when he learned the truth. 472 00:40:54,500 --> 00:40:59,251 Difficult not to give oneself away in circumstances like that. 473 00:41:34,668 --> 00:41:36,959 Answer me three questions, Hastings! 474 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,501 - What? What? - Three questions. 475 00:41:39,502 --> 00:41:44,709 One: why has Mlle Nick been sleeping so badly of late? 476 00:41:44,710 --> 00:41:49,668 Two: why does she own a black dress when she never wears black? 477 00:41:49,669 --> 00:41:54,043 Three: why did she say "I have nothing to live for now"? 478 00:41:54,044 --> 00:41:57,376 - Did she? - She did. Answer the questions. 479 00:41:57,377 --> 00:42:02,085 Well, as to the sleep, she's been worried lately. 480 00:42:02,086 --> 00:42:04,918 - About what? - What? 481 00:42:04,919 --> 00:42:07,043 Oh. I don't know. 482 00:42:07,044 --> 00:42:09,418 The black dress? 483 00:42:09,419 --> 00:42:13,252 The cleaners let her down. Anyway, all women have one. 484 00:42:13,253 --> 00:42:17,627 You have little appreciation of the feminine temperament. 485 00:42:17,628 --> 00:42:19,502 Well, anyway... 486 00:42:19,503 --> 00:42:24,127 The last... It was a natural thing to say after that shock. 487 00:42:24,128 --> 00:42:27,627 No, mon ami, it was not a natural thing to say. 488 00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:32,919 To be horror-struck by her cousin's death is natural. But the other? 489 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:34,836 No. 490 00:42:34,837 --> 00:42:38,587 Never before has she displayed that attitude. She has been defiant. 491 00:42:42,212 --> 00:42:44,586 Hello? Yes? 492 00:42:44,587 --> 00:42:47,629 Certainement. Yes. 493 00:42:54,333 --> 00:42:57,676 Madame Rice. She wishes to see us. 494 00:43:03,077 --> 00:43:07,494 I suppose there's no doubt that the intended victim was really Nick? 495 00:43:09,077 --> 00:43:13,494 I should say, Madame, that there was no doubt at all. 496 00:43:14,619 --> 00:43:19,618 You asked questions about Tavistock the other day, Monsieur Poirot. 497 00:43:19,619 --> 00:43:23,494 You'll find out, so I might as well tell you now. 498 00:43:23,495 --> 00:43:25,952 I was not in Tavistock. 499 00:43:25,953 --> 00:43:27,142 No, Madame? 500 00:43:27,267 --> 00:43:30,635 I motored down from London last week with Mr Lazarus. 501 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:35,619 We stayed in a little place called Shallacombe, together. 502 00:43:35,620 --> 00:43:37,662 I see. 503 00:43:40,203 --> 00:43:44,037 I'm still a married woman, technically. 504 00:43:46,787 --> 00:43:49,079 May I be impertinent, Madame? 505 00:43:50,287 --> 00:43:52,787 Is there such a thing these days? 506 00:43:54,329 --> 00:43:56,912 You care for Monsieur Lazarus? 507 00:43:58,704 --> 00:44:00,828 He's rich. 508 00:44:00,829 --> 00:44:03,328 Oh la la! 509 00:44:03,329 --> 00:44:05,788 That is an ugly thing to say. 510 00:44:07,329 --> 00:44:10,704 Better to say it myself than to have you say it for me. 511 00:44:11,829 --> 00:44:14,662 You are very intelligent, Madame. 512 00:44:14,663 --> 00:44:17,538 You'll be giving me a diploma next! 513 00:44:19,205 --> 00:44:22,329 I'm going to take some flowers round to Nick. 514 00:44:22,330 --> 00:44:24,538 Oh, that is very amiable of you. 515 00:44:25,622 --> 00:44:28,788 And I thank you, Madame, for your frankness. 516 00:44:41,247 --> 00:44:43,413 Very nice. Very nice. 517 00:44:43,414 --> 00:44:48,079 I'm at the Gulls. A stone's throw from the gasworks. 518 00:44:48,081 --> 00:44:53,455 Chief Inspector, it is so good to see you. You do not stay here? 519 00:44:53,456 --> 00:44:58,831 The Metropolitan Police lodging allowance doesn't run to this. 520 00:45:06,956 --> 00:45:12,372 It's a funny old business, this "End House" malarkey, eh? 521 00:45:12,373 --> 00:45:14,498 As you say, Chief Inspector. 522 00:45:15,623 --> 00:45:19,289 You think these accidents were all part of it? 523 00:45:19,290 --> 00:45:21,122 Oh, there is no doubt. 524 00:45:21,123 --> 00:45:25,706 You might be right. Be a help if we could get hold of the gun. 525 00:45:25,707 --> 00:45:29,706 Probably at the bottom of the sea, if the murderer has any sense. 526 00:45:29,707 --> 00:45:31,624 They mostly haven't. 527 00:45:35,499 --> 00:45:39,706 I'd better have a word with the dead girl's parents. 528 00:45:39,707 --> 00:45:41,749 They've just got down from Yorkshire. 529 00:45:47,749 --> 00:45:50,206 Let me know if you have any ideas. 530 00:45:50,207 --> 00:45:52,499 Of that you may be sure, Inspector. 531 00:45:56,208 --> 00:45:58,748 It is all very well for Madame Rice 532 00:45:58,749 --> 00:46:03,290 to force the richness of Monsieur Lazarus down our throats. 533 00:46:03,291 --> 00:46:05,749 Yes. I must say that disgusted me. 534 00:46:05,750 --> 00:46:10,540 Mon ami, always you have the right reaction in the wrong place. 535 00:46:10,541 --> 00:46:13,582 Madame Rice was telling us something. 536 00:46:13,583 --> 00:46:18,166 "I have a friend who is very rich. He can give me all I need." 537 00:46:18,167 --> 00:46:22,666 "I do not need to murder my dearest friend for a pittance." 538 00:46:22,667 --> 00:46:24,500 I see. 539 00:46:30,250 --> 00:46:33,374 Poirot, they won't let me see her. 540 00:46:33,375 --> 00:46:36,250 Is this your work? Have you seen Dr Graham? 541 00:46:36,251 --> 00:46:41,125 Gave the usual guff. "As well as can be expected. Passed a quiet night." 542 00:46:41,126 --> 00:46:44,083 I know those tricks. My uncle's in Harley Street. 543 00:46:44,084 --> 00:46:46,666 I think you're at the bottom of this, Poirot. 544 00:46:46,668 --> 00:46:49,001 Listen, mon ami. 545 00:46:50,126 --> 00:46:52,583 There is no fooling you. 546 00:46:52,584 --> 00:46:57,208 If one guest is to be admitted, others cannot be kept out. 547 00:46:57,210 --> 00:46:59,334 You comprehend? 548 00:46:59,335 --> 00:47:01,250 I see. 549 00:47:01,251 --> 00:47:03,375 It's all or nothing, as you might say. 550 00:47:03,376 --> 00:47:08,792 We will say no more. Extreme prudence is what is needed at the moment. 551 00:47:08,793 --> 00:47:10,917 I can hold my tongue. 552 00:47:10,918 --> 00:47:13,084 Mum's the word, eh? 553 00:47:13,085 --> 00:47:17,002 I'll send her some flowers. They like flowers, don't they? 554 00:47:26,002 --> 00:47:30,418 May I offer you, Mademoiselle, my very deepest sympathy. 555 00:47:30,419 --> 00:47:32,461 You know? 556 00:47:34,586 --> 00:47:36,710 Oh, well... 557 00:47:36,711 --> 00:47:39,668 It doesn't matter who knows now. 558 00:47:39,669 --> 00:47:41,544 Now that it's all over. 559 00:47:42,628 --> 00:47:46,378 Now that I'll never see him again. 560 00:47:47,503 --> 00:47:49,335 Courage, Mademoiselle. 561 00:47:49,336 --> 00:47:51,794 I haven't any courage left. 562 00:47:51,795 --> 00:47:55,295 I've used up every bit in these last weeks. 563 00:47:56,378 --> 00:47:58,420 Waiting and hoping. 564 00:48:01,045 --> 00:48:05,462 Captain Hastings does not know what we are talking about. 565 00:48:09,795 --> 00:48:12,879 Michael Seton, the airman. 566 00:48:14,337 --> 00:48:17,503 I was engaged to be married to him. 567 00:48:17,504 --> 00:48:19,337 He's dead. 568 00:48:20,670 --> 00:48:23,503 You heard the news last night? 569 00:48:23,504 --> 00:48:25,670 On the wireless. 570 00:48:25,671 --> 00:48:28,920 I made an excuse about the telephone. 571 00:48:28,921 --> 00:48:32,462 I wanted to hear the news alone, in case... 572 00:48:33,546 --> 00:48:35,588 I don't want to live. 573 00:48:37,338 --> 00:48:39,379 I don't want to live. 574 00:48:40,685 --> 00:48:43,588 I know. I know. 575 00:48:44,974 --> 00:48:51,338 To all of us, there comes a time when death seems preferable to life. 576 00:48:51,463 --> 00:48:53,587 The grief, it passes. 577 00:48:53,588 --> 00:48:55,712 You think I'll forget. 578 00:48:55,713 --> 00:48:57,962 Marry someone else? 579 00:48:57,963 --> 00:49:00,005 Never. 580 00:49:11,505 --> 00:49:14,671 But you are fortunate, Mademoiselle. 581 00:49:14,672 --> 00:49:17,504 You have been loved by a brave man. 582 00:49:17,506 --> 00:49:21,755 - When did you get engaged? - Just after Christmas. 583 00:49:21,756 --> 00:49:26,171 But it had to be a secret, because of Michael's uncle. 584 00:49:26,172 --> 00:49:28,338 Sir Matthew Seton. 585 00:49:28,339 --> 00:49:31,547 He thought women ruined a man's life. 586 00:49:31,548 --> 00:49:34,797 He was frightfully proud of Michael. 587 00:49:34,798 --> 00:49:38,755 He financed the building of the Albatross. 588 00:49:38,756 --> 00:49:44,839 But if Michael had succeeded, he would have been independent of him. 589 00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,339 He would have been a... 590 00:49:47,340 --> 00:49:50,047 I don't know. A kind of a world hero. 591 00:49:50,048 --> 00:49:54,172 His uncle would have come round in the end, anyway. 592 00:49:54,173 --> 00:49:56,339 Yes. Yes, I see. 593 00:49:56,340 --> 00:50:00,214 I never told anyone, not even Freddie. 594 00:50:00,215 --> 00:50:04,548 Even when the uncle of Michael Seton died a week ago? 595 00:50:04,549 --> 00:50:06,714 It seemed boastful... 596 00:50:06,715 --> 00:50:10,964 while the papers were full of Michael's flight. 597 00:50:10,966 --> 00:50:13,716 Michael would have hated that. 598 00:50:19,466 --> 00:50:24,249 Mademoiselle, you once mentioned you had made a will. 599 00:50:24,374 --> 00:50:25,376 Mm. 600 00:50:25,501 --> 00:50:27,883 Where is it, this will? 601 00:50:28,691 --> 00:50:31,090 Oh. Knocking around somewhere. 602 00:50:31,404 --> 00:50:34,237 I'm frightfully untidy, you know. 603 00:50:35,779 --> 00:50:37,944 Papers and things are... 604 00:50:37,946 --> 00:50:41,820 mostly in the writing table, in the library. 605 00:50:41,821 --> 00:50:45,112 Or maybe in the bedroom. Or maybe... 606 00:50:46,279 --> 00:50:47,529 I'm sorry. 607 00:50:48,738 --> 00:50:51,903 You permit me to make a search for it, yes? 608 00:50:51,904 --> 00:50:53,201 If you want to. 609 00:50:53,821 --> 00:50:55,778 I was right. 610 00:50:55,779 --> 00:50:59,487 The engagement has a bearing on the crime? 611 00:50:59,488 --> 00:51:05,945 A week ago, Sir Matthew Seton dies, one of the wealthiest men in England. 612 00:51:05,946 --> 00:51:09,529 He has a nephew, whom he idolises, 613 00:51:09,530 --> 00:51:12,737 to whom, we assume, he has left his fortune. 614 00:51:12,738 --> 00:51:15,529 Last Tuesday, the nephew is missing. 615 00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:18,821 On Wednesday, the attacks on Mademoiselle begin. 616 00:51:18,822 --> 00:51:23,321 Suppose he made his will before his flight 617 00:51:23,322 --> 00:51:26,196 and left all he had to his fiancee? 618 00:51:26,197 --> 00:51:30,363 In this case, it is not a paltry inheritance at stake! 619 00:51:30,364 --> 00:51:32,488 It is an enormous fortune. 620 00:51:32,489 --> 00:51:33,781 Ahh!